Thursday, May 23, 2013

Beaches

Sometimes, I get overwhelmed by how expensive it is to live here. I have to pay a $6 bridge toll every day that I work in the office and/or babysit, parking is ridiculously expensive, and rents are astronomical. But our easy access to multiple beaches totally helps soften the financial blow.

On Sunday, we took Matt's kids to a little beach just five minutes from our house--it's on the bay side, so no ocean waves, but there's sand & water and you can see the Golden Gate Bridge.

it's not really yellow--that's just the instagram filter I used!

Jasper likes to wade out & get super muddy, while Maya was entertained by a tiny (dead) crab she found.

If we want to go to a real ocean beach, there are plenty of other options within a short drive, but this one is only a mile or so away and has a great running path for when I'm feeling motivated.

Now that I've lived in the bay area for almost 10 years, I don't know that I could ever live somewhere that wasn't near water. Our beaches aren't exactly warm, but they sure are beautiful (Baker Beach, the one in my blog header, is my fave).

And speaking of beaches, a week from today the Freitags and I leave for the French Riviera! We're flying into Nice and staying at a beautiful villa in Antibes (just between Cannes and Nice, right on the Mediterranean Sea) for a little over a week, and then driving to Florence, Italy for a few days before flying home.

13 comments:

I love the movie Beaches!! and am jealous you love so close to one. I dream of moving to a beach city, but my job keeps me inland. I ahve been to Paris as well and would love to visit the south of France some day, have fun!!

I've been to Nice! But it was March so not as nice as it probably is now weather-wise, but absolutely gorgeous. I loved it and Florence was my favourite city in Italy (I was there on the same trip, we drove also!) from the week I spent there. You're going to have an incredible trip, can't wait to see your photos :)

beach love! and you are 5 minutes away?!?!?! that is incredible!!!! i am about an hour or so away from a beach, and the parking and crowds can be such a deterrent. but whatever. i still love the beach. i think we are heading to hermosa beach tomorrow if all goes as planned. fingers crossed.

and THE FRENCH RIVIERA IN A WEEK!?!?!?! you lucky thing!!! my co-worker and his gf are heading to paris for their annual 5-week vacation. i am insanely jealous.

I was in Nice in high school! I don't remember a ton, but I do remember going to a seafood restaurant close to the beach and having an awesome meal. And going parasailing the next day. I could be wrong, but do remember the sand having a ton of shells and rocks and not being that comfortable. But even so, still remember a few women laying at topless there. I would love to go back now, and am a little jealous of your trip. I'm sure you're going to have an awesome time!

I never quite understood when Emil would continually tell me he needs to live near "greenspace," but more recently I have begun to really enjoy the parks and beaches NYC has to offer. I just took up outdoor running and I can't imagine doing it al on concrete!

I imagine your trip is going to be ridiculously fabulous and I am ridiculously jealous! ;)

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